the-montser

In the context of sailing, the term “rig” refers to the arrangement of the spars, sails, and other rigging onboard. Sloop, cutter, gaff, Bermuda, etc. I think the question you are meaning to ask is “what kind of boat do you recommend?”

There’s no point to establishing credibility? Weird take. If I were OP I’d prefer to know the people answering questions know what they’re talking about. No one asked for your NA championship credentials either, dork.

You’re the one who pulled the championship card, not me.

Obviously, but the question is about how to clean up the douses so that the kite comes up cleanly. Telling OP they need to pack the chute without any other information about how to clean up the douse is a band-aid, not an answer. Congrats on the NA championship. I’ve got multiple, all professional, all on the bow.

Usually there will be a Facebook group for this purpose that is specific to your local area. Try there.

Yes I did. Your answer is a band-aid and not actually the solution to the problem.

Not if you’re takedowns are clean

That should be fine. There are epoxies that can cure underwater. Use one of those if you’re worried about that.

Use a tablet. Much more versatile for the money and easier to keep up to date.

? Yes they are. Well designed anchors are designed to reset quickly if pulled out due to a change in wind direction or tide.

He is always open to add new locations if there is support. You should reach out.

I know the founder of Spectrum Sailing personally. He’s a great guy. He started the organization because he has a son on the spectrum and there were no local programs that could accommodate his needs.

Google doc

If your jib lead is not adjustable, you can adjust the vertical position of the jib to control twist in the sail. Moving the sail farther up is functionally the same thing as moving the car forward, reducing twist. Moving the sail farther down is functionally the same thing as moving the car aft, increasing twist.

Aqua Map is much better

I did not watch the video - just said what it looks like.

Sails out doesn’t mean the engine isn’t on. Steaming light is on when motorsailing. But yes, it could also be a deck light.

Were the registration numbers removed, or is just a documented vessel that doesn’t have state registration numbers?

That’s why I said it looks like *reflection* of the white steaming light as it bounces off the sail. I’ve been on boats with very bright steaming lights that do that.

That looks like the reflection of the white steaming light on the white sail.

That’s your A fleet? Where are you? There must not be any fast boats around.

Why didn’t you just post that? It’s way better.

Every modern E scow has a bowsprit

If you have to ask the answer is no

Righting moment is the torque moment between the center of gravity and the center of foil lift. The AC75 definitely has more righting moment than the F50. The CG is much farther to windward than the center of foil lift compared to the F50, and the weight to windward is heavier. Center of pressure doesn’t factor in to righting moment. I know the F50 has a wing sail. That doesn’t necessarily translate into better VMG. The AC75 also typically sails narrower angles upwind and downwind than the F50, and can make negative leeway to windward (direct increase in VMG). Like I said, I’m pretty sure someone looked at the numbers and the AC75 was slower overall but faster in terms of VMG upwind and downwind. I could be remembering wrong, but looking at the designs of the boats it does make sense.

I’m pretty sure someone looked at the numbers last cup cycle and the AC75 did in fact have better upwind and downwind VMG, but I haven’t been able to find that again so I could be remembering wrong. But I wouldn’t be surprised. The AC75 can sail with negative leeway upwind and also has much more righting moment than an F50.

I’ve never had luck with them. I’ve found they never answer emails or return calls.

How fast are you going? You need to be going kind of fast. And you need to know that your fenders are going to hit the boat to leeward. That’s normal and the reason you need so many fenders.

Start reversing before you enter the marina and reverse the whole way. Start your turn into the slip early so the wind blows you into alignment. Use every fender you have.

Great engine but you missed the question

For a given LOA, a boat with short overhangs and longer waterline will be faster than a boat with long overhangs and short waterline. Boats sail faster when sailed more flat because the sails and underwater foils work more efficiently. Overhangs require boats to be sailed with high angles of heel. That is how the physics of displacement hulls work. To give you an example, I own a boat with a long stern overhang. It is about 10% faster for me to sail the boat flatter, even though I am giving up waterline length, because the underwater foils are so much more efficient at lower angles of heel. The reason long overhangs came into fashion is because waterline length was penalized very hardly, and length overall not penalized at all under rules of that era. Now that waterline length is not penalized as harshly in comparison to overall length, long overhangs have mostly disappeared because the gain is only significant when the extra length overall isn’t harshly penalized. You’re right that overhangs work because of physics. That should be obvious. Everything works because of physics. The point I am making to you is that the limitations given in the rules created a loophole in which a larger and faster boat could be rated as a slower boat if it had long overhangs. Those overhangs were developed specifically to take advantage of the rules.

It is a historical fact that they were developed in order to take advantage of racing rules. Of course they work because of physics, but if they were not advantageous under the rules, they wouldn’t have been developed. That’s part of the reason you don’t see them on modern racing boats. They are much more harshly penalized and often the speed gain is not worth it.

Gotta have the table for the cruising boat credit

Looks like it’s being measured for an ORCi certificate so probably not for sale.

What boat? What kind of heel angle are you sailing with? Almost everyone sails their boats too far heeled over.

This thread is about the *origins* of the long overlaps, which were first developed under rules that did not harshly penalize bowsprits, and predate the meter boats, and the J class I showed in the picture. You’re right that longer overhangs are an alternative to bowsprits to allow increased sail area on a given waterline length, but the specific reason the overhangs came into fashion was to increase the waterline length as a way to take advantage of a rating rule, not necessarily increase sail area. We can see evidence of this in boats like *Reliance*, the first four *Shamrocks*, and other early racing yachts.

No, those overhangs are designed specifically to increase waterline when heeled. Boats of that era used long bowsprits when the goal was increase sail area. There is plenty of literature about this.

Overhangs increase the length of a boat for a given LOA not decrease it.

You’re both right. Older boats have overhangs because they increase waterline length, increasing speed potential. The reason they did this instead of build boats with longer waterlines is because racing rules penalized waterline harshly.

Long overhangs are definitely pre-IOR https://preview.redd.it/89qtomk3ec2h1.jpeg?width=2000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=11b8c68a3870b56c269217c253e42d1f547c1f35

Really it’s more related to the rules that predate IOR like CCA, Universal Rule, etc. Overhands got shorter when IOR came to town.

Why does your website use so much CPU load? It’s insane.

There were many photos on that listing. The way that website works is it shows one photo at the top and you have to scroll down to the bottom where the rest are and click on them to view them. It’s a bad system.

Bad sails make it difficult and I’d guess you’re probably not sailing flat enough. But really I would also just stop worrying about the hull speed. It’s just a theoretical number to describe the speed at which the wavelength of the bow wave is equal to the length of the boat. Some boats can reach this speed easily, others can’t. Some can exceed it easily, others can’t. It’s useful for a quick rough estimation of a boats speed potential but it’s not very useful beyond that.

Yes

Sorry you’re having a hard time selling it. Looks like a good boat. That is a tough boat to find a broker to sell because the sale price is low enough that they aren’t going to be very motivated to invest much time in selling it, and rising cost of living does mean that fewer people who are looking for boats in that price range are choosing to buy.

We can’t see the message but yes that does sound fishy. Really almost everything on those sites is fishy.

Yeah, OP this is an in person problem.

I’d also add that if the shrouds are tight enough, there shouldn’t be much ability for the spreaders to move too much because the compression causes friction on the wire.

It is on my boat.